About Seminars

“Seminar”

The word “seminar” is the origin of the words “seminal”, “seminarian” and “seminary. They all derive from the Latin “seminarium” – a garden seed plot or nursery.

What a Seminar Is and Is Not….NOT a lecture class: I shall be trying to plant the seeds of ideas into your minds

NOT a lecture class: Much of the responsibility for learning falls upon you, the students.

A Seminar IS

• Self-generating – we teach ourselves;

• Communal – we learn together;• Participatory – we engage,

not sit back• Fun! – high level play

All things organic,both young plants & young scholars, grow in two ways:

The TLC of a gardener Growing on their own

A Seminar Is about Our Growth in Learning in Common